I create a 4 tracks in a pattern. I create 3 new patterns and alias the previous 4 tracks. I play around with the Automation on each pattern, unique automations! I edit the alias, add some humanization to hihat, changes are propagated. Back and forth between this flow is terrific because I can do subtle automations and sound design on repeating elements without having to cut and paste minutia.
But, what I do in a lot of cases is Turn OFF and ON an effect.
The problem is that this is only automatable in the Pattern Editor. if I edit the pattern, it gets propagated to other aliases.
So, as a one two punch it would be great if ON/OFF were available in the Automation tab (one). Also, MIDI MAP while we’re here (two)?
Maybe this is a more generic thing than just effect on/off. I kind of wished for a unique effects column for aliased patterns or generally unique colums for an aliases patterns (even with note column and vol/pan/del). Then you could have unique and aliased parts per pattern and track.
Partially this could be achieved using groups now. You put your aliased pattern in a track and the corresponding dsps and effects in the effects column of the group:
Maybe this is a solution. But myself would (in this specific case) absolutely prefer to be able to turn DSPs ON/OFF by automation curves, and also have this MIDI mappable.
Yes, just wanted to note that possibility for the general case. In the last track I searched for a DSP ON/OFF in the automation editor too, but somehow managed without it.
